Keywords: CA-25 sinking NAN11-48.jpg Six photographs taken by U S Navy squadron VU-7 showing the sinking of the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City CA-25 as a target ship on 25 May 1948 240 km 130 mi off the coast of Southern California USA The old cruiser was first machine-gunned by aircraft and targeted with HVAR rockets Then 15 cruisers and destroyers fired 12 7 cm 15 5 cm and 20 3 cm 5 in 6 in 8 in shells Finally Navy and Marine air groups dropped 105 100 lb-bombs on the ship before it was sunk by torpedoes U S Naval Aviation News November 1948 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1948/nov48 pdf 1948-05-25 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Salt Lake City CA-25 Sinking exercises May 1948 in the United States Target ships Fleet Composite Squadron 7 United States Navy 1948 in water transport 1948 in California Photographs taken on 1948-05-25 |